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Fires & bushfires, 1937

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Garage Destroyed by Fire Baradine

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 23 June 1937 · page 4

Damage estimated at £1000 was caused by a fire which destroyed Pincham Bros.' garage in the main street of Baradine early this morning…

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Riots in Trinidad Police Fire on Strikers Warship Hurries to Scene

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 23 June 1937 · page 1

PORT OF SPAIN (Trinidad), Monday. —The British cruiser Kent is steaming to Trinidad as the result of a serious strike and riot on the…

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Trinidad Riots Volunteers Fire on Strikers

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 24 June 1937 · page 4

PORT OF SPAIN (Trinidad), Tuesday. —The situation on the oilfields, where the strike is in progress is still serious. Another man has been killed…

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Fire at Dunedoo Railway Premises Destroyed DUNEDOO

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 25 June 1937 · page 1

The stationmaster's office, parcels office, and waiting room at the local railway station were destroyed by fire early this morning. Volunteers saved…

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Fire at Railway Station Dunedoo

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 26 June 1937 · page 1

The station master's office, the parcels office and the waiting room of the local railway station were destroyed by fire early this morning. Volunteers…

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Paint Factory Destroyed Costly Paddington Blaze Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 28 June 1937 · page 1

The paint factory of H. A. Taylor Ltd. and Sutherland, near Paddington, was destroyed by fire early this morning. The first, indication of the fire…

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Fire and Peace

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 29 June 1937 · page 6

A sacrificial fire to bring peace and happiness to the world is one of the strange questions which will be discussed at the All-India Yogi Congress…

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Blaze at Parramatta Fire Brigade Officer Injured Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 1 July 1937 · page 3

When fire gutted the Parramatta Rubber Retread Works to-night District Officer Spring, who was controlling the four brigades which were…

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Annandale Fire Brigade's Great Work SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 1 July 1937 · page 1

A fire broke out early this morning in the premises at the Quality Sweets Confectionery Manufacturers at Annandale. Fortunately, firemen were…

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Fire in Junee

Daily Advertiser · Friday 2 July 1937 · page 4

The Junee Fire Brigade was called out at 10.30 o'clock on Wednesday night to a fire that was discovered under the weatherboard building of…

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Fire in Lolly Factory

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 2 July 1937 · page 7

Firemen who fought a fire in a lolly factory at Annandale to-day had to wade through streams of boiling syrup and other boiling sticky mixtures…

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Fire at Junee Junee

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 2 July 1937 · page 8

The Junee Fire Brigade was called out at 10.30 o'clock on Wednesday night to a fire that was discovered under the weatherboard building of…

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Fire in Sweets Factory Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 2 July 1937 · page 4

A fire broke out early this morning in the premises of Quality Sweets, confectionery manufacturers, at Allendale. The firemen were soon on the…

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Three Officers Killed R.A.F. 'Plane Catches Fire LONDON

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 2 July 1937 · page 1

Three Air Force officers were killed in a crash in Shropshire when the machine caught fire and exploded. The wreckage was strewn more than half…

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Three Officers Killed R.A.P. 'Plane Catches Fire. London

Daily Advertiser · Friday 2 July 1937 · page 1

Three Air Force officers were killed in a crash in Shropshire when the machine caught fire and exploded. The wreckage was strewn more than half…

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Scout and Cub Notes Fire Lighting

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 3 July 1937 · page 3

Well Scouts and Cubs here's about a not-very-common way of laying a fire, that you can try on your next outing. It's absolutely fool-proof and,…

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Fire in Garage Guyra

Daily Advertiser · Monday 5 July 1937 · page 4

A car, two sulkies, a cornsheller, two tons to potatoes and other articles were destroyed by a fire in a garage and shed owned by Mr. E. Marshall…

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Spanish Rebel Cruiser Fires on French Merchantman LONDON

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 5 July 1937 · page 1

The Spanish Rebel cruiser Almirante Cervera fired four times on the French merchantman Tregastel, and compelled her to stop while attempting to enter Santander Harbor. She was…

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30 Killed English Colliery Disaster Rescue Parties Blown to Death Fire Raging Underground London

Daily Advertiser · Monday 5 July 1937 · page 1

Thirty men were killed and a number critically injured in two explosions in the Grymco colliery near Stoke-on-Trent, to-day…

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Fire Alarm

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 6 July 1937 · page 2

Owing to the indisposition of his daughter, the Rev. H. S. Hannaford kept a fire going all night. In the early hours of Saturday morning,…

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